30 years later, the iconic ‘Bliss’ green hill from Windows XP is still thriving — lucky passerby captures the hill looking almost identical to the 1996 photograph in ‘super rare’ event

A Redditor travelling through Napa Valley on 18th February 2026 was lucky enough to see the iconic “Bliss” hill in a form close to the original wallpaper. This terrain is usually covered in vineyards, so it doesn’t look as picturesque, but during rare times of the year, you can catch glimpses of its unaltered beauty.